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Postmetaphysical Thinking
No full textThe development of empirical research methods in both the social and the natural sciences has deeply impacted the self- conception of philosophy. Jürgen Habermas aims to strike a balance between two ways of understanding the relationship between philosophy and the sciences: between a conception of philosophy as an Archimedean point from which to view the human condition and a conception of philosophy as a mere artefact of Western culturally embedded assumptions. Against the first, Habermas aims to integrate the resources and methods of the social sciences into philosophy and to deny that philosophy can proceed outside of historical and social contexts. On his view, philosophical knowledge is produced communicatively, through socially embedded dialogue. Against the second, Habermas claims fundamental questions about the human condition cannot be answered by purely social or natural scientific approaches. His “postmetaphysical” methodology aims to integrate empirical resources into philosophy without losing sight of what is unique to philosophy: namely, its ability to step back from the empirical data in order to reconstruct in a systematic way underlying universal truths about us, our societies and our place in the world.This is the author's final version of a book chapter that was published in Jürgen Habermas: The Key Concepts.Yates, Melissa. "Post-Metaphysical Thinking," in Fultner, Barbara, ed., Jurgen Habermas: The Key Concepts. New York, NY: Routledge, 2011, 35-53
Dr. Melissa Ooten – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Melissa Ooten, Associate Director for the WILL Program, is the author of a new book, Race, Gender, and Film Censorship in Virginia, 1922-1965, published recently by Lexington Books. This book chronicles the history of movie censorship in Virginia from the 1920s to 1960s and analyzes the project of state film censorship in Virginia
Melissa Marra "Force of Nature"
No full textMelissa Marra at The Museum at FIT's annual fashion symposium, Fashion, Science, and Exploration, held on Tuesday, October 10, 2017.Melissa Marra is the associate curator of education and public programs at MFIT. She curated the exhibition Force of Nature and was a contributing author to the books Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch and Dance & Fashion
Book Review: Habermas, Kristeva, and Citizenship by Noelle McAfee
No full textThe definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com
Melissa Marra "Subcultural Capitals: London and New York"
No full textMelissa Marra presented "Subcultural Capitals: London and New York" at The Museum at FIT's 15th fashion symposium, Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch, held October 22 & 23, 2015.Melissa Marra is the associate curator of education and public programs at MFIT. Melissa was a contributing author to the book Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch.The fifteenth annual fashion symposium, Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch, explores the creative links between Bartsch's 30 years of sartorial self-expression and its influence on the global fashion scene
Autograph of Melissa V. Harris-Perry in "Sister Citizen"
No full textThe title page and an autograph by the author, Melissa V. Harris-Perry, in their work ""Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America"" with an inscription.Agunda the struggle continue
Search Engine Optimization for the Research Librarian: A Case Study Using the Bibliography of U.S. Latina Lesbian History and Culture
No full textHigher website rank among search engine results is correlated with higher site visit numbers: studies have repeatedly demonstrated how important it is to a site’s visibility and popularity to appear in the first page of search results for a given query. Librarians and researchers, long seen as creators and providers of high-quality content, now see our own web-based materials in direct competition for the higher-ranked slots for many keyword searches. For certain areas of research, sexuality studies in particular, websites with relevant informational or scholarly content have been nudged out of the top rankings by content that is not only unrelated to a variety of search term combinations, but quite often consists of explicit pornography, and nowhere is this more obvious than in ethnic lesbian studies. It is therefore necessary for scholars and librarians who put ethnic lesbian sexuality studies content on the web to assign high quality metadata and to format their content appropriately in order to receive a visible rank in search engine results for these sexuality studies research keywords. This case study investigates how librarians and other researchers can prepare online bibliographies to take advantage of search engine optimization (SEO) techniques and therefore see enhanced visibility for these resources in search engine results, using the author’s Bibliography of U.S. Latina Lesbian History and Culture as an example. Search engine optimization techniques were applied to the bibliography and significant improvements in site visibility in Google searches for targeted keywords were observed. The author recommends that all librarians who prepare content for the web learn about search engine optimization and take it into account when preparing material for the web.This article, (c) by the author, was published in Practical Academic Librarianship: The International Journal of the SLA Academic Division, and is available at http://journals.tdl.org/pal/index.php/pal/article/view/6971Peer reviewe
New Roads for Patron-Driven E-books:Collection Development and Technical Services Implications of a Patron-Driven Acquisitions Pilot at Rutgers
No full textCollection development librarians have long struggled to meet user demands for new titles. Too often, required resources are not purchased, while some purchased resources do not circulate. E-books selected through patron-driven plans are a solution but present new challenges for both selectors and catalogers. Radical changes to traditional technical services workflows are required, and selectors must modify the selection process to give more choice to the user. Rutgers University librarians have adopted an innovative new technical services workflow and collection-development model to manage a successful, patron-driven acquisitions project for e-books in the fields of math and computer science.This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship on 13/12/2011, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1941126X.2011.627043
Counting Cataloging: Moving Beyond Statistics to Measure the Value of Cataloging
No full textGiven the budgetary and technological changes facing academic libraries, it has become necessary for librarians to become self-advocates, describing and defending the work they do. Most research in this area is dedicated to public services, with little focus on technical services. A survey conducted in the fall of 2009 found that catalogers in the sample state of New Jersey collect detailed productivity statistics to illustrate their value. This paper analyzes the statistics-gathering process and makes suggestions for developing these methods into a strong assessment model. Quality control assessment is the tool catalogers need to describe their worth to library stakeholders.This is the author's original version of the article. The published version was published in LIBRES 22(1), March 2012. http://libres-ejournal.info/all-issues/volume-22-issue-1
Dr. Holly Blake and Dr. Melissa Ooten - Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Holly Blake, Director of the WILL* program and Associate Dean for Outreach Education and Development, and Dr. Melissa Ooten, Associate Director of the WILL* Program and gender research specialist, discuss their new book, Audacious Voices: Profiles in Intersectional Feminism, published recently by She Writes Press. The book is a collection of twelve stories from WILL* alums. WILL* is a nationally recognized program for students interested in exploring gender through an intersectional lens, both in and out of the classroom. Students strengthen their leadership skills as they actively work to create a more equitable world
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